Launched at the Berlinale, Film Basque Country aims to capitalize on the region’s cachet and hefty new incentives to promote this innovative community of Spain as a thriving creative hub. By Jennifer ...

Sabino Arana, the hawkish first ideologue of Basque nationalism, must be spinning in his grave. Arana exalted died-in-the-wool Catholicism and Basque racial purity. A century after his death, the ...

Basque Cinema is having a moment. Thanks to unique locations, generous tax incentives and a thriving production sector, Spain’s northern autonomous community has become a more attractive home than ...

MADRID — By Sept. 17, the 51st San Sebastian Film Festival already had a standout pic. That’s curious: The fest hadn’t even begun, the film had hardly been seen, and its producers hadn’t courted press ...

About 160 films are showing at the event which opened on Thursday and will run to September 27. But none is likely to court more controversy than Julio Medem’s 115-minute offering Basque Pelota, the ...

Spain's top film fest is reaping the rewards of the Basque country's mammoth film and TV investment over the last 10 years: "For the first time in a long time, everyone in Basque cinema is working ...

Tabling straightforward simple stories and experimenting with new narratives, the newest wave of Basque film talents has started to dip their toe into the international scene, landing at movie ...

Basque animation has enjoyed significant growth in recent years. With its unique combination of talent and innovation, the animation sector in the Basque Country has also reached some exciting new ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It is February in Berlin, and a light sheet of snow is on the ground. Looking at the man and his son, sitting in a cafe on the ground floor of a massive cinema multiplex in the German capital's ...

More than 300 people protested over the inclusion of a documentary about Basque separatists at the Goya Awards in Madrid, Spain's Oscars equivalent. They were angry that Basque Ball, The Skin Against ...

If you’ve been to the San Sebastian International Film Festival, then you know. If you’ve walked around the Frank Gehry-designed, titanium-plated Guggenheim Museum on the formerly industrial banks of ...